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11/12/2009
Exposure to five common infections potentially linked to atherosclerosis may increase the risk for first stroke, according to the Northern Manhattan Study published online Nov. 9 in the Archives of Neurology.
11/12/2009
At least 22 million Americans have been infected with H1N1 since April, and approximately 3,900 people have died, including an estimated 540 children, according to information presented at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Nov. 12 H1N1 press conference.
11/11/2009
Physicians are willing to share their experiences of making diagnostic errors, and analyzing them systematically helps point the way to improve future diagnoses, according to a study in the Nov. 9 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, while a second study in the same issue finds that patients give higher quality ratings when adverse events are disclosed.
11/11/2009
In postmenopausal women, the use of conjugated equine estrogens may lead to a small increase in mammographic density maintained over 24-months, according to a study published online Nov. 9 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
11/11/2009
The year's most important clinical cancer research studies, including 15 major advances, are highlighted in a new report, "Clinical Cancer Advances 2009: Major Research Advances in Cancer Treatment, Prevention and Screening," published online Nov. 9 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
11/11/2009
Older individuals with greater muscular strength may have a lower risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease, according to research published in the November issue of the Archives of Neurology.
11/11/2009
The cost of providing data and support for health system quality-improvement programs can put a significant burden on primary care practices, and changes in the outcomes of trials are often made without being disclosed, according to two studies in the November/December Annals of Family Medicine.
11/11/2009
Women with invasive breast cancer and high-density breast tissue who undergo breast-conserving surgery without radiotherapy are likely at an increased risk of recurrence, according to a study published online Nov. 9 in Cancer.
11/11/2009
In patients with a clinically isolated syndrome treated with interferon beta-1b, the modified Barkhof criteria may provide some value in predicting conversion to clinically definite multiple sclerosis, according to a multicenter, randomized study published in the November issue of the Archives of Neurology.
11/11/2009
Expanded use of lower level clinical personnel, such as medical assistants, in primary care can enhance patient care but only if the clinical personnel are trained and integrated into the practice culture, according to a pair of studies in the November/December issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.
11/11/2009
Revascularization through angioplasty and stenting does not significantly improve renal function in patients with atherosclerotic renovascular disease compared to medical therapy alone, according to a study in the Nov. 12 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
11/10/2009
Compared with a low-carbohydrate diet, a low-fat diet has a more positive impact on mood state in overweight and obese patients, according to a study in the Nov. 9 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
11/10/2009
Women who were obese in adolescence are at higher risk of multiple sclerosis as adults, according to a study in the Nov. 10 issue of Neurology.
11/10/2009
During treatment of presumed osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, obtaining bone biopsies may lead to the discovery of unsuspected malignancies, according to a study published in the Oct. 15 issue of Spine.
11/10/2009
Women with gestational diabetes have at least a four-fold risk of developing postpartum diabetes if they have two or more risk factors, according to a study in the November issue of Diabetes Care.
11/10/2009
Following gastric bypass surgery, patients may develop urinary changes that raise their risk of developing kidney stones, according to research published in the November issue of The Journal of Urology.
11/10/2009
Despite breast-conserving surgery and other advances, post-breast surgery pain and sensory disturbances remained problems for many women in a Danish survey reported in the Nov. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
11/10/2009
Long-term use of statins is associated with a lower risk of gallstones that require surgery to remove the gallbladder, according to a study in the Nov. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
11/09/2009
Babies who are starved of oxygen at birth have less brain injury if they are therapeutically cooled than if they are not, and the likelihood of death or disability in these infants can be accurately predicted using MRI, according to a study published online Nov. 6 in The Lancet Neurology.
11/09/2009
The availability and use of epinephrine for anaphylaxis by emergency medical services varies nationwide, and less than one-third of anaphylaxis patients prescribed self-injectable epinephrine use it prior to arrival at a hospital, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, held from Nov. 5 to 10 in Miami Beach, Fla.
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